Colonial Park Fire Co. #1 - (717) 652-8378

Colonial Park Fire Co. #1, known as company 33 and the Southside, is located in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, PA just outside of Harrisburg City.

The Colonial Park Fire Company #1 is a 100% volunteer fire company located in the heart of Lower Paxton Township. The fire company is staffed and operated by about 50 volunteers around the clock providing services to the citizens and visitors of the area. The Colonial Park Fire Company coverage area consists is roughly twelve square miles, almost all of it being suburban and commercial developments. The population density for the densest part of Colonial Park is 2,800 people per square mile. Our primary response area is also scattered with several “target hazards” which means, from a fire department stance, “a more complex building or group of buildings that present a greater threat or potential problem than a single family dwelling”. Colonial Park is home to a hospital, conventional mall, large strip mall, several small shopping centers, twelve apartment complexes, seven large hotels, seven schools, three assisted living centers, and a currently unoccupied commercial 5-story building. Colonial Park also contains hundreds of commercial and industrial buildings that range from the 500 square feet Metro Bank to the 150,000 square feet Pepsi manufacturing facility.

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